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Suffering From The Generations' Habit

Written by PruLuv from the blog Luv To Chat on 01 Apr 2012
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I don't like to debate matters relating to Generations, because it feels very much like debating matters of the ANC - If you oppose it, then you'll never hear the end of it. And like politics, we've heard it all before.

But, I have to get this off my chest...

A while back, I started losing interest in the storyline of Generations and didn't understand the direction it was taking, so I stopped watching... to quit moaning and talking about how bad it was.

My Generationless life was good, until I found myself back at home by 8pm. I'd be watching any other program or movie but come 8pm I'm forced to change to SABC 1. For what??? Generations of course... because it's the tradition to watch it.

A couple of years ago we were enjoying our December holidays by the beach at Amanzimtoti. With all the braais, parties and socialising, 1 of our friends had set an alarm for 19:55 for every weekday to go back to the hotel room. For what??? She said she HAD to watch Generations.

We are in Swaziland, getting ready to go out clubbing and leave at 8pm. Oh, no, we have to leave at 8:30pm. For what??? Because someone needs to watch Generations. Mind you there's an omnibus on Saturday but somehow, we still "HAVE TO" wait..

In Botswana, at a party, we are spotted as the South Africans. Barely 10 minutes into the conversation, the question pops "Don't you just love Generations?" *Crickets*

Mind you, these are all different people who suffer from Generationsitis.

Currently, Generations has increased its' viewership to 6 561 000, from the previous week's 6 141 000. Clearly, people love this soapie and I still wonder why?

Really now, what's so entertaining about Generations, that even SAFA had to be told to sit down and schedule games for after 8:30pm?

The funny thing is that I haven't met anyone who can tell me why they "love" Generations so much. The common response is always "Nje!" "Cos it's Nice," or "I just like it."

Shem, these remarks explain nothing about you loving the soapie. Why is it easier to explain the love for other soapies like Rhythm City, Scandal and Isidingo, that tell real life stories and are coupled with brilliant acting?

I've always concluded that Generations' success is based on its' convenient time slot where most families are winding down and are going into "lazy mode." Because this is the perfect time to "switch off," it has become more of a habit rather than entertainment.

Further proof is that, any SABC1 show that comes immediately after Generations, is bound to have big numbers in viewership. Can we honestly say that Montana is the best drama on TV at the moment? Really?

I could be wrong, but I think I'm right...

As a last resort... Could all the Generations lovers, please school us on what it is you love so much about the soapie. And then... We can put this matter to rest before it becomes a yawn.

@PruMathebula

115 Comments

Guava4
01 Apr 2012 23:36

Im not a fan of gen,but have to watch until i get my own set in bedroom i dont have a choice its tradition like wash u hands before eating

guy gaga
01 Apr 2012 23:47

@Pruluv very true....even me my study time-table doesnt have anything at 8pm so that i can watch Generations....its just tradition, I think also at that time most people a having their supper so they watch it during supper!!! I dont have reason why i watch Generations.........!!! Even the SAMAs one of the reasons to be on Monday is that to increase their rates just course after Generations!!!

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 02:54

Just had to add my twitter handle so that some "people" know that we are not hiding behind our pseudo names. *rolls eyes*

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 02:57

Thanks @Guava and @Guy Gaga for being honest that it's tradition. *Waits for the Generations fans...*

calamity
02 Apr 2012 07:48

I watched an episode about a week ago, it was a friday, I was visiting some family and it is like clock work, at 19h55, the channel switches to SABC 1, i didn't know where to look, the bad acting (what is Nambitha thinking, she is a good actress really, couldn't she do better than Gen), the storyline, the quality has seriously gone down, I mean the set design, what the hell is going on.

babye
02 Apr 2012 08:25

Pru Luv o kgona go tla Botswana o sa re bolelela?

Kandyfloss
02 Apr 2012 08:37

Proluv i pity you.. Gen fans won't take this lightly..

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 08:49

here is my honest opinion, about 2 years ago i also hated generations and also found it to be boring, so i stopped watching it, there were nice comedies on etv or sabc 3, i watched them instead, but i visited generation's blog and its facebook group to check what was happening, as soon as i saw that there were less "generations is boring" talks i went back to watch it, and well i learnt to love it. It became better when they changed script writers, there was a noticable difference and well the previous writer had made a mess nd the new one had a lot of cleaning up to do, which i believe s/he is doing a good job, there has been improvement on generations since ear;ly 2011.

On the other hand Isidingo the "ever so complimented soapi! it even got an award" it has been here for so many years as well, scandal and rythm sity came way after it, but they have more viewers than it does. Scandal started at 8 but could not survive because everybody watched generations, so they moved to 7h30. Isidingo on the other hand even though it has been here since forever, no 1 seem to have a "habit" to watch it, 7h30 is a good time slot for a "good soapie like isidingo" look at the Nguni news rate, it means most people are at home at that time, so people loved Isidingo and could not watch it because they were not at home by 6h30. so it moved to 7h30. what happened? they lost viewers because people prefer scandal instead! what a good soapie isidingo is!!

So if all these other soapies are so good let them come at 8pm then, if you hate generations so much and love the other soapies so much then i am sure you will be happy if they came in at 8 so you would watch them instead of the ever soooo boring generations!

And people who have a habit of watching something that is obviously abusing your spirits! ai i will never understand how you operate! soooooo many south african people are being forced to watch generations because they have such a bad habit! how sad!

and did you notice how almost EVERYONE IN SOUTH AFRICA watches generations? that is how good it is! if this was a habit then i am sure it would have been broken a long time ago! also, one more thing, let us get real, take a look at previous rates, generations did go down at some point, and that is around the time i was also not watching it because it was really boring!

so stop making excuses for loving generations!

Oh the reason why i love it now is because they have shown me that anyone can make a come back! look at generations it self!! what a come back it has made!!

makisto
02 Apr 2012 08:50

I have no watched this thing fo rover a month now

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 08:56

good for you makisto, i wish other people who also find it boring can just leave it alone!

Generations is the most watched show in south africa, it comes above everything!! Isidingo "the best ever!!" is the least! ISIDINGO FANS really should not say anything, they do not have any ground! they must beat scandal forst before they can start saying anything! an award means most people who voted are people who watch Isidingo, nothing more than that! it is clearly the worst, so please

makisto
02 Apr 2012 09:00

December holidays by the beach at Amanzimtoti. With all the braais, parties and socialising, 1 of our friends had set an alarm for 19:55 for every weekday to go back to the hotel room. For what???
YOur friend is almost foolish bandla *hides*

Can we honestly say that Montana is the best drama on TV at the moment? Really?
The show was good in its first season and now that they have been goven over 52 episodes, they are trying too hard to keep the viewer and that is a costly mistake. They have somehow lost me and I have since stopped watching. I was hoping Inkaba will give them a run for their money but it is just a disappointment nje...

As a last resort... Could all the Generations lovers, please school us on what it is you love so much about the soapie. And then... We can put this matter to rest before it becomes a yawn.
*dead*

Just had to add my twitter handle so that some "people" know that we are not hiding behind our pseudo names. *rolls eyes*
Very true Pru, we are not hiding, we are just being true to blogging by using our blogging names and if we were hiding, we wouldn't identify ourselves at events which is really where we are being brought to task by famous people

makisto
02 Apr 2012 09:02

Reply from: Guava4 Sunday, April 01, 2012 23:36 PM
Reply from: guy gaga Sunday, April 01, 2012 23:47 PM
Reply from: PruLuv Monday, April 02, 2012 02:54 AM
*faints*

makisto
02 Apr 2012 09:05

Generations is the most watched show in south africa, it comes above everything!! Isidingo "the best ever!!" is the least! ISIDINGO FANS really should not say anything, they do not have any ground!
Thanks for acknowledge my giving up on the show. I am not sure if you have been really schooled about quality and quantity. As much as Generubbish is watched by a 3rd of SA population, it is by far the worst soapie on our screens. Millions watching doesn't equate to quality hence I am now being busy with Dstv channels even if it means I have to watch American shows with substence

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 09:13

then if it is such bad quality why is it gaining viewers? and why do you people keep critisising generations? don't you realize that you are creating publicity for it, which will just do nothing to your favour but will just make more people want to watch? how about promoting you favourate soapies? how about ya'll start blogging about how you want isidingo or Scandal or Rythym city to come at 8! you know! really people, really!! and not forgetting that the debate about people hating generations and finding it boring has been going on for a while!!! it was actually worse than what it is now! Generations! like any good (best) shows will have critics who will critisize it. That is how good it is!!!! if "your blubbering" was doing any good then generations would have been moved to another time slot and they would put something else there.

Most of generations haters are just isidingo fans who are too bitter for being the only ones who watch their for ever boring soapie!!!! deny that!!

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 09:19

here is the thing! isiding attract different viewers from those of generations, unfortunately for isidingo it attracts minority of the poeple! that is why it has so few viewers and that is why isidingo fans hate generations! it's because they find generations unattractive to them! nobody blames them! they are just not the targeted audience! so now, just start peperesing about you isidingo to be at 8 so that you can be saved from the ugly habit!! and that is when we will see how boring generations really is! I DARE YOU HATERS!!!!! blog about that! talk about it on twitter, facebook! all over the internet, i am sure some one will hear your cries! and finally we will be able to settle the score!!!

Savanah Dry
02 Apr 2012 09:39

Generations is a habit thats hard to kill even though at times its so boring i cant even stomach watching it,

One of the other main reason people watch it is that most households in rural south africa do not have access to other channels except SABC 1, and like you said most people are home by 8 and hence most are tuned in to watch.

I used to watch it but now, i killed the habit i only watch it on Saturday when i am home and i have nothing to do

makisto
02 Apr 2012 09:40

then if it is such bad quality why is it gaining viewers?
Bomyy, I think your questions are answered above by other bloggers

don't you realize that you are creating publicity for it
I think TVSA bloggers' "duty" is to create publicity around any TV show be it good publicity or bad publicity and the whole thing of "no publicity is bad publicity" is a disseration on its own.

how about promoting you favourate soapies? how about ya'll start blogging about how you want isidingo or Scandal or Rythym city to come at 8!
I am not sure when you started blogging on TVSA but I think each time a storyline worth a positive publicity on Isidingo and Rhythm City surfaces, we do as you suggest.

Also, I am not sure if you are aware that the reason Isidingo airs at 19:30 is due to a petitition in the form of an open letter that was authored by a significant number of TVSA bloggers

and not forgetting that the debate about people hating generations and finding it boring has been going on for a while!!!
Which is something Pruluv made crystal clear in this write up

Most of generations haters are just isidingo fans who are too bitter for being the only ones who watch their for ever boring soapie!!!! deny that!!
Is this a scientific research? What were the finding and the recomendations?

it's because they find generations unattractive to them!
At this point in time of your debate, you sound like a Generations employee...

I think Bomyy makes a great debater but he/she is too emotional. I am not sure if there is someone allocating marks on this debate

ellablueivy
02 Apr 2012 09:46

wow!and how did this change to generations vs isidingo?*SMH*

here in bots generations has a very HUGE following too..

nice
02 Apr 2012 09:54

i have to agree with you bomyy, generations story line has improved and i am enjoying it now more than ever.

Pru, to give you a few story lines that interest me, Nicholas and Akhona's love. something about it that is so sweet and free and too adorable to watch.

Dineo and Ruby's relationship, typical of any successful daughter who is sometimes embarassed by her overly friendly and trying to be good mom but she loves her to bits and would do anything if she thought her mom was dying of cancer.

Sello, Jason, Sbusiso, Senzo, Mawande and mobile radio thing. A lot of corruption which happens with the tender processes and you will find people that will bribe their way to the top while others work their butts off. I am expecting the corrupt Ezweni to win as that would be the realit we live in.

Noluntu's jealousy over Akhona's family acceptance, so normal and entertaining that she will just be bitter and do anything to win her mom's approval.

the only sad part was Phenyo's mom acting, that lady cannot act and angazi where they found her. The way he told both Phenyo and Jabulani about each other was so boring, but the storyline itself has lot of drama in it. Just wished they had it acted it out better.

Queen is just entertainment.............they can get rid of choppa, speedy and matthew. Waste of time................no value or whatsoever.

i must express how shocked i am that the head writer is using her usual home affairs/sokhulu and partners crew and it cannot be overlooked. Busi Lurayi, Phenyo ..............i am wondering if we are gonna see Lerato Mvelase ? Moloisane any other time soon.

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 09:54

then can someone please make another petition for isidingo to be played at 8 instead, i think that is the only way we will ever come to an end of this debate! or even better, how about isidingo move to sabc1 since most people happen to have access on only sabc 1. yha, i think that will definately work, if not then how about scandal, isidingo and generations all play at 8, let us see what happens then.

and can some one please start preaching about people defiting the so called habit, maybe the haters will listen and they will one by one switch to a preferable show and maybe we will see the generations losing rates for real and maybe isidingo will be seen on the top 5 as well!

nice
02 Apr 2012 10:03

I used to be an Isiding fan, when the Matabane's were still a family with Letti alive, Barker, Rajesh and Zamdela's shebeen. they introduced prison cells and it bored me and even now with the introduction of the powerful black family it is just dull. Not my cup of tea.

I love Scandal more than Isidingo, so I gladly watch Scandal and between adverts wont even be bothered to switch channels to get a glimpse of Isidingo. it bores me, i love MaAgnes but cant just watch the boring soapy cos she is there so no Scandal it is for me.

a lot of areas get SABC 1, 2, 3 and E. So let all soapies play at the same time and I believe generations will come out tops now. It is interesting and has a good story line. Scandal is also interesting but the only problem with other soapies is they take too long to reveal the plot. Only Rythm City and Generations know that their viewers are impatient. they dont make us wait for 2 years to solve a murder or discover who fathered whom. Dragging storylines are a killer!

makisto
02 Apr 2012 10:17

i have to agree with you bomyy, generations story line has improved and i am enjoying it now more than ever.
Thank you for a run-down of the current storylines that you deem interesting and indeed they do sound interesting. I must try to watch sometime during this week but I doubt I will last 5 minutes watching the show.

Yazi you told us in a very good way what storylines are playing out. My issue with Generations hasn't always been about their storylines, about 70% of my issue is how they tell their stories. Every once in a blue moon they will have good stories but the mess starts the minute they start telling them. They just simply don't know how to tell stories.

then can someone please make another petition for isidingo to be played at 8 instead, i think that is the only way we will ever come to an end of this debate!
You cannot just write a petition, well, at least I can't just write a petition without studying the market, analising it and find out about popular public opinion. In a way, I am saying to you when I write a petition, I first do a research of my own so that it is well informed. I don't just write a petition for the sake of it.

yha, i think that will definately work, if not then how about scandal, isidingo and generations all play at 8, let us see what happens then.
Repeat after me, Blomyy is a Generations employee

can some one please start preaching about people defiting the so called habit, maybe the haters will listen and they will one by one switch to a preferable show and maybe we will see the generations losing rates for real and maybe isidingo will be seen on the top 5 as well!
You cannot tell people what to do. One can only speak their mind on a certain issue but telling people what to do isn't democratic...

I am not sure if not liking a sure due to its mediocrity equals one to a hater...

I have to agree with Ellablueivy and ask how did this become about Isidingo versus Generation? Once again, I repeat, you sound like a Generations employee.

Instead of being defensive, I think you should answer the question of what is it that makes teh show so interesting excpet from it's a habit and all. You really need to unpack your arguement and tell us why Generations is a good show. So far, you have not succeed in doing so except for sounding bitter and all that...

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 10:18

thank you nice, as for me i was never interested in Isidingo, not eveer, it just never apealid to me as reality, there is too much fantasy in there according to me. suprizingly the haters do not seem to recognize the fact that generations has indeed improved. the previous writer really did drive almost every charecter to a dead end, change the characteristics of most of the charecter, most charecter were no longer what was introduced to us when they first joined the soapi. The new writer is trying to bring generations back to life, that can not happen over night! unless they can just create a new soapie all together!

look at what is happening with mobile tv, so much drama within one story line, the rape, phenyo's father, the bribing, wedding called off! the only killer for me is Khethiwe and Khaphela thingy, it is dragging for so long, but that is the prev writer's fault, and if you watch clearly you can see it fading out, but it can not just happen over night! like @nice said, all the other stories are not dragging, we see one thing, it climaxes and creates a new story and we go again!

I am not sure if the haters have noticed on the generations blogs across the internet, how people now have something to say about what is happening on generations, how everybody seems to be in suspense about what is going to happen next, something that was not happening 2 years ago, we just knew what was going to happen before it even began. and to prove that generations is improving it is gaining viewers, numbers do not lie!

Mrs Chix
02 Apr 2012 10:19

For me I never miss Generations, I cant say I love it, but I will never miss it .... . so yes Pruluv its a HABIT... Today is Monday and I love NCIS on Univesal it starts at 8pm but I will rather watch Generations then catch the repeat of NCIS on Saturday........

Mathaz
02 Apr 2012 10:20

The *reality bug* spolied my viewing of TV, most of the programmes i watch are *reality*. I have not watched Generations in years, i tried last week and saw strange people but quickly changed the channel. I have never forgiven Isidongo for letting go of Lettie but tried watching it when they introduced the new family mara still something is missing, just dont know what exactly.

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 10:23

I have to agree with Ellablueivy and ask how did this become about Isidingo versus Generation?

well one of the reason is most people who always say generations is bad always try to compare it to Isidingo and say isidingo is the best. i think the reason for that is they both have been around for such a long time

swazzy
02 Apr 2012 10:23

I tnk I help increase da ratings coz i "Watch", tv on sabc 1 @ 8pm but den I find myself busy on my BB till da show ends always.. I become a "fan" wen I became friends wit one of da actors.. I tnk it was out of loyalty to him and da fact dat dey used his real life stori as part of da show n I knew wat to expect. I dnt stress wen iv missed an episode like other soapies mayb coz I reali dnt watch. But it did become a lil interestin I liked akhona n nic

Mokema
02 Apr 2012 10:24

@makisto m crying now nd u know why as for Gen i watch because i grew up watching it even when its boring

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 10:25

Thanx to @Nice. That was a nice way of explaining your luv for Generations and clearly you follow the soapie and you know your story. I'm actually impressed - that's definitely the first explaination I've got.

nice
02 Apr 2012 10:27

I've always concluded that Generations' success is based on its' convenient time slot where most families are winding down and are going into "lazy mode." Because this is the perfect time to "switch off," it has become more of a habit rather than entertainment

Pru, i disagree with you on the matter of habit. its all about the writer understanding the audience and giving them stories that they find interesting.

Favoured
02 Apr 2012 10:31

i just love their stories sometimes and the habit is there

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 10:37

@Bomyy I get you're a Generations luver and thanks for highlighting that you enjoyed the soapie after they changed the scriptwriter. My comparison of Generations to Isidingo, Rhythm City, etc was the explainations and responses to the question "Why do you love the soapie so much?" It was never intended to be a Generation vs Isidingo battle. And yes, some of the points you've raised are valid.

nice
02 Apr 2012 10:37

pleasure Pru (or must i say Kru :-))

try it Maki, and if you dont like what you see, change the channela nd dont torture yourself. if there is nothing that appeals on other channels, try radio Sakina or Criselda, or whatever station tickles you at the time. still if that dosnt work switch it all off and be busy with blogging or studying, research. dont waste your time, you will never get it back

i didnt catch on to reality shows Mathaz and havent found one worth watching, the only ones i like are competition based like Idols, the voice and IWTSG (lol). I still prefer fiction. Maybe its because the other one's i have seen are bad. cant stand so what, so when there is nothing else besides that big baby on tv. i switch it off. Dont want him in my house, on my TV.

Mrs Chix
02 Apr 2012 10:44

@Bomyy Me and Generation we have a love-hate relationship.. and FYI I am no longer a fan of Isindigo, I only watch it Sunday after while making breakfast and I usually catch Thursday and Friday episode.... So not everyone who has issues with Generations is an Isidingo fan.

Mrs Chix
02 Apr 2012 10:44

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 10:46

@babye what's your Twitter handle? I'll let you know when I'm in Botswana again.

Lol @KandyFloss - I'm definitely getting it from bomyy

@Makitso - You've put this matter into better pespective

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 10:51

So not everyone who has issues with Generations is an Isidingo fan

I said most, not all

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 10:53

I think @Savanah Dry mentioned something critical to this debate that maybe we've overlooked - that there are a number of rural areas that can only access SABC 1. So, maybe the chunk of the audience is not your typical middle class individuals that have DSTV or Top TV or other options, but rather, individuals who have no other option and had to learn to "luv" it.

MsKim
02 Apr 2012 10:57

Most of generations haters are just isidingo fans who are too bitter for being the only ones who watch their for ever boring soapie!!!! deny that!!

Speak for yoself darling.. I'm a fan of both isidingo and generations so i don't get hw this becomes generations vs isidingo. i also watch scandal & rhythm city & the wild. i honestly don't get why pple really want to compare. to a certain extent i think its a habit, wen i get home i have to watch ALL, i try to wait for the omnibus for isidingo watching Scandal but i find myself wenever there's an ad i switch channels. i can't say i'm crazy abt all the soapies but thats the time i'm free n jus want to chill watching tv.

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 10:58

here in bots generations has a very HUGE following too..

@Ellablue, what time does it play in Botswana? if its 20:00 then its not surprising. I admit that i used to be a huge fan of Generations, when i missed it, i would feel a little crazy, it got boring and everybody started talking about it and thats when i would miss episodes and still feel good....i think they are now picking up and their storylines are more interesting, hence the increased numbers!

I think for many South Africans, Generations is like drug! they just dont feel like its a weekeday if they didnt hear that signature tune,some just tune into it but seldom follow whats going on there...its has become culture for people!

Evoque
02 Apr 2012 11:07

I personally watch Generations because they have storylines that interest me in my own kinda way!!! At the moment I am interested in seeing Penyo's reaction when he finds out that JB is his dad, Sbu is his cousin, Senzo (working for the opposition) is his nephew... how the Mobile Tv tender is going to turn out with reference to all these revelations... Will Penyo stick to his pinciples or will blood be thicker than water and when his loyalty are devided between his cousin (Sbu) and nephew (Senzo)...

How Ruby will survive working with CRAZY Matt and Chops after she overheard them talking bad about her behind her back...

The mystery behind Noluntu and MJ using their mother surname instead of their dad's and why they take so muc pride in being Memela's instead of whatever surname their dad (Caleb) has...

Am also interested in knowing if Mzwanele is dead or perhaps still alive and if there is any truth is Sbu's allegations that he was a spy and you know as they say there is always two sides to a story... so am anticipating his side!!!

And last but not least: Will Akhona and Nic ever find a way back in to each other arms and LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!

Like I said in my opening statement "Gen entertains me in my kinda way"

There you have it PruLuv, my darling from a self confessed Gen die hard FAN/LOVER!!!

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 11:08

Very interesting PruLuv .... Yes, Generations is largely successful because of its timeslot, the other reason is South African brand loyalty .... You can package manure and sell it as fishcakes provided your brand has entrenched itself .......... which Mfundi Mvundla has done very successfully ..... Goes to show .... there are no degrees of separation between my manure and the next person's fishcake !!!

Chix
02 Apr 2012 11:12

Lol @Tazz... my two year old even knows that after the weather on SABC 1 then it should be Gen... if I am busy washing dishes or ironing clothes in another room she will come and pull me by my clothes that it is time for "Denraysins mama... come sit"... Its a family thing yhazz!!! Goes to show .... there are no degrees of separation between my manure and the next person's fishcake !!! #DeadForYears# VusiK

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 11:22

*In Vandi's cyber voice*....Oowaaii!....:D

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 11:29

Back home, ka zone S, we don't have good access to etv unless one has satelite tv. And I know in many rural settings, its only sabc 1 that has a good signal (if thts the right term), sabc 3 is as bad as etv. As a result, I've always felt, generubbish enjoys this high viewership bcos mostly, sabc one is the ONLY channel that works. In Some households on good days sabc 2 ya bontshanyana, but ka 8 its some afriikaans drama so the masses ba hlatswa mahlo ka generubbish.

makisto
02 Apr 2012 11:33

Generations sells, look at all these replies!!!!! I repeat, quantity isn't quality

nice
02 Apr 2012 11:44

i never knew there were places that didnt get signal for welfare tv. No wonder there are dishes in shacks!

nice
02 Apr 2012 11:52

makisto, just because you dont find it entertaining it does not mean that numbers of people that watch it dont all know any better.

to me comparing all soapies on welfare tv, I would rank them in this way

1. generations
2. scandal
3. 7 de laan
4. rythm city
5. isidingo

Generations is good, I really enjoy it

dali
02 Apr 2012 11:53

LOL @ dishes in shacks

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 11:56

Personaly, I have never had the privulage(or notay of watching gen religiously, it had bn a couple of yrs since we got a tv at home that I went to garsity, ddt watch tv all those yrs, then wen I left, I'd discvered serieses and I always have plent y of seasons to watch, I never find myself settling for less than satisfactory tv, not to mention web tv.

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 11:59

Personaly, I have never had the privilage(or not) of watching gen religiously, it had bn a couple of yrs since we got a tv at home that I went to varsity, ddt watch tv all those yrs, then wen I left, I'd discvered serieses and I always have plent y of seasons to watch, I never find myself settling for less than satisfactory tv, not to mention web tv. PS: @nice...guess it makes sense why umphakathi sees the need for dishes in their rdps.

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 11:59

@Nice ... there are places with NO terrestrial signal whatsoever of any form ... If you live in those areas and don't have satellite phone & TV, you're burnt ... signal capacity vs strength is a juggling problem (is is economically worth it to spend 500 million rand to deliver signal to an area of population density 100 residents / 10,000 square kilometers ... No it is not" ... but somehow, their honda gensets & TVs are working full blast at 20h00 Monday to Friday watching their favourite soapie ...

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 12:02

No wonder there are dishes in shacks!

LMAO, those ones baya fosta! LOL

again @nice, i think you might need to reconsider your list of soapies!

Favoured
02 Apr 2012 12:06

hi dali *waving*

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 12:07

1. generations
2. scandal
3. 7 de laan
4. rythm city
5. isidingo

mine is:
1. generations
2. muvhango
3. rythm city
and that is all, lol

again @nice, i think you might need to reconsider your list of soapies!

why should nuce do that taz?

anyway to everyone who say that generations is boring and all- do you at least agree that is is improving? since you have been watching out of "habit"? do you see any improvement?

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 12:13

I though Dali's comment was a mirage .... Hey Dali ... How have you been keeping?

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 12:27

@Bomyy, the five minutes a week I watch of gen may not be enough for me to throw my thoughts, But hey,I feel, the quality of storytelling has dropped, even the technical staff are just poor, the lighting, the makeUP!!...when I think 'good Gen moments' I think ' ntsiki, glen majozi, barbara or whatever, sonny, khaya motene...that crop. Now when aclaimed artists such as Nambitha and Melusi Yeis join gen, one can't help pitying them. Imagine Al Pacino acting in a 'harold and kumar' movie, it would suffocate his resume. Anyhow!! But Gen is far better than Muvhango, wa bona that one, even their posters frastrate me. Who is the director? Atleast the gen director tries to make even the worst actors (ie Dineo) look good.

Sana Lwam
02 Apr 2012 12:43

All I know is that all the people who complain about our beloved soapie Generations are the same people who know all the new faces that will join Generations, they know the story lines and watch the program religiously.

Favoured
02 Apr 2012 12:46

lol Sana Lwam uthini nontombi?

Sana Lwam
02 Apr 2012 12:49

Ndithi bonke aba bathi nywe nywe Generations bambukela qho...lol

Impondokazi
02 Apr 2012 13:35

Pru baby we can write till our fingers complain bt u can neva understand why we love Gen bcoz u dnt like the soap. what u are asking now is no different from a mother trying to understand why her daughter loves a certain guy when she (the mother) prefers her friend's son.

HABIT

i'm hearing this word for the 2nd time and i'm really struggling to understand.
how can you torture urself in the name of HABIT. how can u settle for so much less when there are so many options available? i'd like to say to those who say it's a habit..........it's a habit they enjoy, otherwise they would've killed it long ago. Makisto killed the 'habit', that shows it's possible.

let me agree with the SIGNAL part, SABC 1 really is the most accessible channel in rural areas.

i can only buy the HABIT story in Swazzy's case, let Generations play while u busy on ur fb/bbm/whatsapp etc. dnt pay much attention to it.

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 13:49

Cheesa
02 Apr 2012 14:23

Generations is just a tradition and a habit that we all cannot shack off no matter how boring the soap is. My father has been asking me ukuthi iphela nini le Generations kuba ezinye izinto eTVini ziyaphela.

The way adikwa ngakhona makuqala uGenerations shem lol. He just does not get it why we should watch the same thing every night.

But I must say if there is something interesting during the Generations time like Survivor I always tune in to that. I guess other channels dont give generations a strong competition.

Sobza
02 Apr 2012 14:23

I stopped complaining about Generations 5 months ago when I completely stopped watching. Yes my siblings complained but I told them, I am the one who pays for the satellite and I will watch what I want when I want to, besides Generations repeats more than any program on tv.

On Monday I know I have Survivor, Tuesday it's Topbilling then Montana, Wednesday it's The Voice, Thursday any comedy that tickles my fancy, Friday I am out socialising. I find Generations irrelevant....even when there's some hype I don't bother watching because I know that will also fizzle out quickly.

Green.arrow
02 Apr 2012 14:26

LOL @Vuss....u are so ryt. I have inkinganyana, but I don't wanna be laughed at, and I don't wanna expose myself anymore than I have. So I keep hoping someone with the same nkinga would pour out and I get help with him/her.

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 14:35

For me ... in an agony column ... when someone laughs at a problem (regardless of its severity) exposes the reality that there is a brighter side to anything, and that there are bigger problems out there than anybody's. So, people should not get offended when bloggers crack up at a problem ... it is part of therapy.

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 15:19

Who has problems they wish to share and perhaps get counsel on ... or maybe even get a laugh or two as a result ... if not laughed at ! ............... We have not had an agony column all year .... Anyone? ...... ANYONE???!!!!!

Actually i've been told that i give great advise. I should ponder around starting an agony column, i will be frank and tell people exactly what they dont want to hear, which is the truth ofcourse! phele people always get advises from friends who only tell them what they want to hear....

Chix
02 Apr 2012 15:31

Please do that Tazz... maybe and just maybe it may help us to slowly but surely come to terms with the fact that MW is no MORE!! This morning I was hoping for some silly reason that I would see something with that REDDISH MW Logo... eish bathong am still struggling to come to terms with the loss waitse!!!

Impondokazi
02 Apr 2012 15:35

if not laughed at ! .. heheheh that'll be my job..............mna shame ndiazithandela ukuhleka. lol

i'll be waiting Tazz

3so
02 Apr 2012 15:43

BATHONG,you need to just understand gore rona babang re godisitswe ka generations.......#bana ba new age#........gape generations tune was the first i danced to*appearantly*..that tune inspired me to get up and dance at a very tender age.........and it inspired me to take my first few steps which later led to me walking ..............KE LOYALTY ,RE TLA RENG?????.........MARA for whatever reason.......life stops at 8pm for generations .VIVA GENEDIVA VIVA!!!!!!!!!...........I GET SOOOOOOO MAD WHEN THERES SOCCER AND IT HAS TO PLAY AT 7 COS THEN ILL MISS IT,SOMETIMES EVEN CALL IN LATE AT WORK JUST SO I CAN CATCH THE REPEAT AT 9 IF I MISSED IOT THE NIGHT BEFORE *hides*.........if my Boyfriend tries to touch me at 8,i get mad cos then im gna miss some scenes while kissing him...*hides further*.........no entlek,when im watching generations i switch off from the rest pof the world.....basically what im tryna say is........IM A GENERATIONS FAN AND I DONT KNOW WHY,but then that should be a good thinbg ryt?the fact that we dont have 1 specific thing or aspect of the soapie that we love(e.g : i love generations because of the acting).......so should the acting slip up that means i wont like it anymore............*confusing i know* mara oksalayo.......its not a bad thing to not have a reason to love it ,is it?.............#PROUD FAN#

Favoured
02 Apr 2012 15:49

i hear you 3so, lol

liya2010
02 Apr 2012 15:52

hay mna shame ndiyithanda xa kukho uJabulani and as for the soapi it needs ivava voom

liya2010
02 Apr 2012 15:53

hay mna shame ndiyithanda xa kukho uJabulani and as for the soapi it needs ivava voom

liya2010
02 Apr 2012 15:54

hay mna shame ndiyithanda xa kukho uJabulani and as for the soapi it needs ivava voom

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 15:54

lol 3so! best answer yet! hahahaha

Evoque
02 Apr 2012 15:56

Lol 3so... OMW even your BF must not touchy touchy during Gen.. hayi I love it but I guess not as much as you do hey!!!

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 16:11

Tazzteeq .... The job is yours !!!! please ask Admin to set up an Agony column to which ANYBODY can post their articles & pain, and then we can engage!

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the trick

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the trick might

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the trick might be

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the trick might be with

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:17

On it, the trick might be with the

Mrs Chix
02 Apr 2012 16:18

Taz & Vusik ...... please asap, we have a lot of sure and mine mostly concerning men so I really needy your input.....@Vusik, you have not done an article in a while.

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:20

OH MAN...My PC is going gaga now...all i wanted to say was, i am on it but the trick might be with the identity issue, phela if i have a serious embarassing problem i would not want to use my normals TVSA username, so better that they send their agonies anonymously to someone else...

Chix
02 Apr 2012 16:21

@Tazz... yhooo go easy on the reply button bhuti... yhooo so many unfinished replies!!! Will be waiting, patiently ke to dish some of those inner secrets, seeking advise in the same breath!!!

biggiesmalls
02 Apr 2012 16:24

The secret about Generations is not really a secret it's just an old writing truth - they are a soap and that's what they do and do well. They are not a drama, telenovella, comedy, documentary or anything but just a soap. Go back to what the history of soap is and you will find that Generations is a true soap and they do not compromise on that. So that is why they have a lot of viewers, not because of habit. A habit you break like @bomyy says. Their ARs wouldn't grow. So stop lying and say you hate it, you even say people say 'it's nice or I watch nje' that means they have won their viewers by staying true to what they are.

The other soaps try to be everything else whilst they call themselves a soap. Isidingo for instance it gowes too much real, too fantastical at times like the 'truth serum' - that is just fantastical storytelling like I am watching Superman. Then they have elements of a soap, so they are all over, which make it not ao appealling, I can tell you now they can change slot to whatever they won'r succeed, they said to us viewers they are a soap but they are all over the gernes. Stick to what you are...

RC to me is now a cartoon, it started out well. Actually let me call it a scary cartoon - like the ones when you want kids to be scared and shut up... Sensationalism all the way, and I am shocked that you say it's real. What is real about David Genaro killing people every two months. Do count please. They wait and when they want to be sensational they have him kill and it's done in draconian style, stretch it out on screen just so they can draw gasps of people, that is not a soap.

I think South Africans should give credit where it's due and stop knocking someone for doing a good job. Mfundi never said I am crating a drama, he said he was commissioned to create a soap and that is what he did, no matter what you say, you go do research yourself about soaps, they are higtened reality - not the real reality but the reality that is much more heightened. they are for escapism. I come back from work, maybe had a bad time at the office, had a fight with my boss, if I am a boss, I have frustrations in different forms, then I watch news, I hear all tghe realities of the world, people have been shot, family massacres, the Rand is low, etc. Then I switch on Generations, I live in this heightened reality world that entertains me, I forget about the tgroubles of the world for the next 30 minutes, why should I watch someone killing someone and it's drawn for five minutes like in RC. So big up Mfundi for sticking to what you created, you never lied to us or turned away from what you started it's a soap people, a soap... When you watch soccer or go to a stadium to watch soccer you will be angered when tennis is played, that's not what you paid for, you paid for soccer. So exactly the same here, you switch on to watch a soap, not a drama (eg Home Affairs, Intersections, etc), not a documentary, not a comedy (stokvel, etc), it's a soap. And Generations gives us what it is. That's why, as you say in your article, people set alarms for it, they get what they came for...

dali
02 Apr 2012 16:24

Hey Fav! :-)

Hey Vus :-)

Evoque
02 Apr 2012 16:30

@Biggies... *clapping hands for you girl*... woooowww I am soooo impressed with your reply... Could give you a munch on the chick!!!

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:41

i was EAGERLY WAITING for biggiesmalls to come and comment! *goes back and read his post*

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 16:45

@Tazzz ....... Ask Admin to open a default blog for you that has permissions for anyone to post an article to ... the tiers of hierarchy will by ... Admin ... Tazz ... General ... Which means you & Admin can DELETE a posting you deem inappropriate on the Agony channel .... It is that simple ... once Admin is done ... they appoint you as owner & voila ...

Impondokazi
02 Apr 2012 16:46

i was EAGERLY WAITING for biggiesmalls to come and comment! *goes back and read his post*...............lol.................me too hey, and i love his response

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 16:49

I suggest you ask Admin to create an Agony Channel ... It will probably simplify the process for you !

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 16:49

TJA! Biggie, but thats true...ja ne!

Kandyfloss
02 Apr 2012 16:51

culdnt wait to see what biggie got to say. And where is Ontrance.. and of course Gameplaya4u

Impondokazi
02 Apr 2012 16:54

and of course Gameplaya4u
OH NO........*let me go home* lol

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 16:54

Excellent points Biggiesmalls ...... I agree with your opinon

Tazteeq
02 Apr 2012 17:06

@VUSIK, Awesome! I am on it!

bomyy
02 Apr 2012 18:38

lmao. Ontrance ja. Gameplaya! Oh jesus no!

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 18:49

Thanks to another Generations fan @Evoque for giving us the low down on your luv for Generations.

Pwaaaaaaakakakakaka @VusiK's statement -> You can package manure and sell it as fishcakes

Pwaaaaaaaaka @Sana Lwam's comment -> Ndithi bonke aba bathi nywe nywe Generations bambukela qho...lol

PruLuv
02 Apr 2012 18:56

Tjo! Tjo! Tjo! @3so. You are an extreme fan mos... You see this type of statement ->IM A GENERATIONS FAN AND I DONT KNOW WHY Is what sparked this article. I found it intriguing that people would love something but not know why.

Like what @Impondokazi is saying about the child and mother's boyfriend story.

Obviously the mother will like someone else for the daughter until she explains why she loves the guy she's with.

Just like this article, we wanna know why people love Generations so much, that's all....

VusiK
02 Apr 2012 20:48

It has been an interesting read for those of us who do not turn the television on outside of needing to watch the news, view doccies & movies.

Mokema
02 Apr 2012 21:28

2JB instructed Phenyo's mom 2 bring him 2 Subusiso's house 2moro nd she didn't ask 4 addres,want 2 c hw they wil get there or mayb she is psychic...waitin 4 2moro

Chix
03 Apr 2012 08:06

@Mokema... you are exaggerating kodwa... kaloku they can't show every little detail, even the details that are not that critical... maybe she is going to give JB a call whilst they are preparing to leave the hotel... Akere Penyo's mom just pitched unannounced, how did she know which hotel his son is in!!! Could be she asked Thabitha... hayi use you imagination nawe ngoku Tshiiiiiiinnnnnn Bawo!!!

Favoured
03 Apr 2012 08:48

lol Mokema and Chix ha ha haha ha

Mokema
03 Apr 2012 09:40

@Chix i dont hav 2 think 4 them, they must make it real

biggiesmalls
03 Apr 2012 09:48

That's not real @Mokema what you are saying, it's plain boring. No soapy does it anyway, worse with other soaps RC and Isidingo I see it all the time, a person walks out of Suffocate's bar and all of a sudden in a second they are at home or in Lucilla's house. Which the distance can't be that close, impossible but you understand it's a soap, what we do all day they squash in 30 minutes. Telling us addresses and *bleep!* is not drama. does nothing to the story, it's boring conversation.

PruLuv
03 Apr 2012 10:38

I get your point @biggiesmalls. Yeah, soapies are an exaggeration of the truth, but there's also over-exaggeration which blows up the whole concept and sometimes makes the soapie more like superhero cartoons. On the other hand, you'd find that a soapie is UNDER-exaggerated, nothing much really happens. I'll take a soapie which has been around forever - The Bold and The beautiful. With a limited cast they really exaggerated the whole aspect of adultery. Initially we thought it was bizarre but very intertaining. Somehow decades later reality is now a mirror of "The Bold." When, I stopped watching Generations there was a lot of UNDER exaggeration which made my "escapism moments" a pain.

Vandimerwe
03 Apr 2012 13:27

ijakgaa

Name here
03 Apr 2012 21:04

If don't like it, don't watch it. It is plain and simple.

Guava4
03 Apr 2012 22:15

Missing my sleep my son who is three wks keeping me awake

myname
11 Apr 2012 14:01

I wonder where was I????? I missed this.

@Gauva4, ASKIS Sgwavisto! Thats the only thing i hate about babies. You wash, feed them but still you hear that irritating NYHWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

I'll go to a therapist when im planning my 2nd one. I'm still traumatised by son after 9 years. I still remember the way he used to cry DAMN!

VusiK
11 Apr 2012 16:05

GPY, LMAO myname .. so, lengane engikucela yona is OUT ! not even up for contemplation ... Nine years is a long time ... izingane zanamhlanje are sweet & precious ... Ngizomkhulisa dear ... you can visit when he is 5 and has a personality.

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